REPORTS:Parents in Makurdi Sales their kids for N4,000

REPORTS have indicated that parents in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, were involved in the sale of their children to human traffickers at the sum of N4,000 or N5,000 per ward.

This was revealed when the Quick Response Group Team of the Nigerian Army in Lokoja arrested one human trafficking suspect, Mr. Sunday Agbo, from Benue state.

13 die on Benin-Ore road

No fewer than 13 passengers died in a motor accident on the Benin-Ore road, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) confirmed on Sunday.


In a statement issued by Mr Bisi Kazeem, Deputy Corps Public Education Officer, the commission stated that the accident happened at kilometre 53, before Ohosun town, zone 5.12 toll gate unit command in Edo State at 7.45 a.m on Sunday.

Photos of the day: Arsenal players learning Azonto dance

Lucas Podolski, Bacary Sagna and Per Meterserker are in Nigeria to meet some Arsenal fans. Yesterday they worked out with Malta Guinness low sugar consumers and fitness instructor Kaffy at Eko Hotel. Kaffy decided to teach the footballers the Azonto dance...lovely

6 people die as cult members clash in UNIBEN

Six people have died, including a popular UNIBEN graduate, Nosa Ebohon aka Biggie, following a cult war supposedly between Eiye Fraternity and Black Axe members of the school.

Nosa and the other five were killed at different locations in Benin last week. Nosa was gunned down on Friday night at a beer parlour along Adolor College Rd. I have photos but I'm sure you guys have seen enough of dead bodies. #stopthekilling

Nigerian Team at the 2012 London Olympics

Team Nigeria has a total of 116 members: 55 athletes, 12 coaches, 29 administrators officers, 9 medical officials, 5 contingent officials and 6 secretariat officials.

Nigeria will be featuring in 8 games: basketball, table tennis, athletics, weightlifting, canoe slalom, boxing, wrestling and taekwondo. List of all the members of the Nigerian Team at the 2012 Olympics when you continue...

Bacary Sagna's message to Lagos fans as workout with Malta Guinness Low Sugar/ Arsenal Football Club

Are you ready Nigeria? The Malta Guinness low sugar work out with Arsenal football club will take place tomorrow 29th of July, 2012, at the ballroom of Eko hotel, Lagos. Four Arsenal players are in town but only invited guests will get the once in a lifetime opportunity to meet them tomorrow. The clip above is a message from Arsenal players, Bacary Sagna. Watch!

Nigerian basketball team win first Olympic game

The Nigerian basketball team this morning won their first game at the 2012 London Olympics, making the basketball team the first in Nigerian sporting history to win a basketball match at the Olympics.

They beat Tunisia 60-56 and need just one more win to get through to the next round. Go team Nigeria!

Introduceing 'INYE' tablet:to Compete with Ipads and other Tablets

Nigeria’s Saheed Adepoju is a young man with big dreams. He is the inventor of the Inye, a tablet computer designed for the African market.

According to the 29-year-old entrepreneur, his machine’s key selling point is its price – $350 (£225) opposed to around $700 for an iPad.

Man vomits live lizards on hospital bed

A strange incident is scaring the residents of a community near the Federal Capital Territory.

The residents of Kubwa, a community on the outskirts of Abuja, got the shock of their lives when an unusual incident involving a businessman occurred about two weeks ago.

The businessman, Edward Asuelimen, had woken up in the morning of July 16 with severe pain in his stomach.

“I woke up a few minutes after 5 am. In less than two hours, I had visited the toilet four times. Then I felt excruciating pain in my stomach. It got to a point where I could hardly prepare my children for school,” Asuelimen recounts.

Former Senator’s daughter kidnapped in Port Harcourt

The daughter of Senator Nimi Barigha-Amange, Mrs. Diepreye Dagi Darego, was yesterday kidnapped in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. She was moved to an unknown destination.

She was kidnapped around 9 am on the dualised road to the Port Harcourt International Airport, while going to receive her sister at the airport currently under reconstruction.

Nigerian army presents anti-bombing tools to churches, mosques

The Nigerian army on Thursday July 26th presented vehicle stoppers to some churches and mosques in the North. The device is designed to stop any vehicle from all angle at any speed.

The army explained that since most attacks of suicide bombers are being carried out with vehicles loaded with improvised explosive devices (IEDs), these vehicle stoppers disallow bombers from reaching their targets as it forcefully stops any vehicle that comes in contact with it at whatever speed.

The move was part of the army's corporate social responsibility in curtailing the spate of suicide bombing at worship centres in the north.

Photo of the Day

 

brothers caught with decomposing body parts of brother in Festac

How do you even begin to understand this? Two brothers, Toye and Tola allegedly slaughtered their younger brother, Akunbuyi, and sold his limbs. The full report when you continue...*viewer discretion advised*

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Boko Haram kill 2 Indians, three others in Maiduguri

Two Indians and three other people were killed  Wednesday July 25th by suspected members of terrorist sect, Boko Haram. Two Indians were killed and one injured when unknown gunmen stormed an Indian owned factory located at Bayan Quarters in Maiduguri yesterday, while the other three, two policemen and a civilian, were killed in attacks on a police station and a local government office in the state same day.

Falling container crushes woman in Ogun

 

A female pedestrian was crushed on Thursday morning at Kara Bus Stop, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by a container after it fell from a moving trailer.

The trailer was heading out of Lagos around 7am when it lost one of its tyres, making the driver to lose control of the truck momentarily.

Graphic Photo:Two men behead 7 year old boy

                The two men who beheaded a little boy Left: 30 year old Ishaya Dakulung and (right) 25 year John Yakubu

7 year old Samu Danjuma was John Yakubu's neighbour's child in Nasarawa. Yakubu was said to have lured the little boy to a forest where he beheaded him and dumped his body in a stream. Yakubu then took his head to Ishaya in Abuja who promised him N250, 000 for fresh human head. Dakulung was to give the head to someone else for ritual purposes, but fortunately the two men were accosted and arrested by men of the SSS following a tip off. They were paraded to newsmen this week in Abuja.
A horrible horrible photo after the cut...viewer discretion advised...